Laurel creek conservation area

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Once more, I went to the Laurel creek conservation area, where I’ve been several times already. just ten minutes away – to take some pictures. As I arrive there, the place where there used to be a lake is empty. But there are some people observing the birds. Peter knows a lot about the birds here and has been able to identify 12 different species of ducks (plus the most abundant, the geese) today.

Geese and Ducks

Stump

Observing guys

Bird through telescope

The sun is hiding

He tells me about his life (he’s got two degrees from UW, but does bird watching as a hobby) and the birds and why they empty the reservoir in fall. – If they wouldn’t do so, the whole waterbody gets frozen in the winter (it’s just maybe 3 meters deep at most) and then in sprin, when the melt water arrives, it wouldn’t work in the funtion of a retention basin, since the ice would not be melted yet.

The birds usually gather here, since they find here a open space space, save from predators as opposed to the woods and fields, where they find food.